Haligonia Sports Athlete Profile: Jhonattan Cordoba

Jhonattan Cordoba is one of the best players in the AUS and is causing teams headaches with his creativity and speed

by Armaan Ahluwalia
Current Team: Saint Mary’s Univeristy
Height: 5’10
Weight: 180
Date of Birth: 04/22/1990
Where you are from: Colombia
Position: Left Wing
What are you taking at SMU: Arts program
Where you played Soccer Before: Halifax Dunbrack
Favourite Player: Thierry Henry
Favourite Team: Barcelona
Player you model your game after: Ronaldo
How old were you when you started playing: 4 years old
Why Soccer: Becuase i’m born to play it and it’s the most important sport in my country.
Pre Game Rituals: listen to music
Whats the most listened song on your IPod: like a G6
Best Player in the World: Zinedine Zidane
Dream Lineup with You in it: Buffon, puyol, cannavaro, maicon sergio ramos, essien, jonattan cordoba; xavi, iniesta,etoo,ronaldo.
Hobbies: Dance and Teach.
Best Skill: Speed
Area of your game that needs work: Long distance shots
Favourite Coach and why: Alan jazic because he knows the skills of every player and where we play the best.
What are your goals Short and Long term: get to be professional and succeed in my own business.
What makes the AUS so tough: the competition
Favourite Movie: Scary movie
Role Model: Jamie Fox
Goals for the year: Win the AUS and CIS
Most famous person in your cell phone: My girlfriend
One Crazy thing about you: my silly celebrations
Favourite Food: Chicken Parmesan.
How is it being a varsity Athlete at SMU: Challenging at times, but during the game its all worth it.
Dream Vacation Destination: Europe
In your free time you are: Going out with friends
IPhone or Blackberry: Iphone

Armaan Ahluwali is a writer at the Dal Gazette and anchor the sports blog, http://www.1inthestands.wordpress.com/. Follow him on twitter @brindian.
Watch Cordoba and the Huskies this Sunday as they battle the CIS #1 Ranked Saint Francis Xavier X-Men on live.haligonia.ca! Women’s game at 1:00, Men’s game at 3:15!

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